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Cormack, Donna Moana. "Once an Other, always an Other: Contemporary discursive representations of the Asian Other in Aotearoa/New Zealand." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2644.
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Developments in the theorising of representation and the constitutive nature of language have encouraged an increased scholarly interest in the discursive construction of social identities, relations, and realities. This includes a growing body of literature internationally that focuses on the construction of social groups positioned as Others. However, critical research in this area is more limited in the domestic setting. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, the contemporary construction of social identities is embedded within a specific socio-political and historical context, including a particular colonial context. This context is fundamental to the ways in which social relations between the white settler Self and various Other groups have been, and continue to be, constituted. In this thesis, I have explored the discursive representation of Asian identity in dominant institutional discourses in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with a particular focus on the construction of the Asian as Other. Using critical discourse analysis, contemporary newspaper and parliamentary texts were examined to identify content areas, discursive strategies, and lexical choices involved in the representation of the Asian Other by elite institutions in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Through this process, several recurring manifestations of Asian Otherness were recognised, namely those of Asians as threat, Asian as impermanent, Asian as commodity, and Asian as victim. These representations of the Asian Other embody continuities and contradictions. They function to contribute to contemporary understandings and positionings of Asian individuals and collectives, to the ongoing construction of the Self in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and to the broader national narrative.
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Masurkar, Alpita. "South Asians in Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77881.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Page 101 blank.
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Boston has a rich and diverse history of immigrants. Right from the arrival of the Puritans in 1628-30 who established the earliest immigrant settlements in Boston, this region has attracted immigrants from different parts of the world. Boston's strategic coastal location, its flourishing industries and the growing economy provided a hope of opportunities for the immigrants who came with a dream- the famine-struck Irish, the Italians, the Eastern European Jews wanting to escape religious and socio-political tensions, the Blacks wanting to escape slavery, the Chinese seeking better economic opportunities and more recently, the Asian Indians seeking better education and work opportunities. The economy of Massachusetts underwent transformation in the 20*h century with the rise of the high technology sector. The emergence of Route 128 around Boston and subsequently, 1-495 corridor in the 20th century led to the formation of a high technology cluster that attracted extremely skilled immigrants. South Asians, especially the Asian Indians constitute an integral part of this immigrant population that gravitated to this region not because of famines or wars, but the transformation in Massachusetts' economy. Their numbers grew rapidly through the 20* century and the story of their growth is remarkable. From the days of insignificant presence, South Asians have grown into a young, fast-growing ethnic community in Boston. A majority of the South Asian population today is young, educated, highly skilled and employed in the high technology sector but there are others employed in the low-skilled, working class and service occupations across the state. What happened in each of the waves of South Asian immigration to Massachusetts? Do the immigration patterns of Asian Indians differ from other South Asians? Who are these immigrants who undertook this long journey from the Indian sub-continent to the United States? This thesis is an attempt to trace the origins and growth of the South Asian immigrant community in Massachusetts, which is one of the youngest and fastest growing groups of immigrants in the state. The presence of South Asians in Massachusetts has come a long way from being negligible and invisible in the post-World War II period to being a prominent presence in its high technology nucleus of Greater Boston. Keywords: South Asians, Asian Indians, Indian Americans, Asian Indian immigrants, Boston, Immigrants in Boston, Immigrants in Massachusetts, high-skilled immigrants, skilled migrants
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Sim, Wonjin. "East Asians' or East Asian Americans' preferences for different types of psychotherapy." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3571.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Yoon, Ho-Jin. "A study of individual internet dependency as an extension of social support." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4502.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (February 23, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Ogawa, Joshua K. "Asians reaching Asians key factors in the proposals of Donald A. McGavran, Phil Parshall and David J. Hesselgrave for the training of East Asian missionaries /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Moy, Eric. "Asians on campus: understanding the Asian Americans' experience and struggles in higher education." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15560.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs
Doris Wright Carroll
The college environment is often made up of a variety of people, fulfilling various roles throughout the campus climate. There are students, staff members, faculty, and administration. In examining the roles, students of Asian ancestry make up a part of a sub-category of students. In a campus population where students of different ethnic backgrounds come together to receive an education, Asian students have remained one of the minorities on a college campus. Even with a growing presence on campus, Asian American students have often been faced with additional struggles that their non-minority student counterparts face. The report will include a wide range of literature review looking at the different theoretical models, foundations, and outlines of ethnic identity development in higher education. The purpose of the report is to provide an outline of the different experiences of Asian Americans during their time at a university. The report will also acknowledge the differences, while drawing on similarities, to discuss potential outcomes for minority students. The final section of the report will include a review of recommendations and best practices for student affairs to implement in their work with Asian American students.
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SUNG, Hung Mui. "Approaching South Asians in Hong Kong." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2005. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/cs_etd/12.
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"South Asians" is usually an inclusive term to refer to ethnic minorities originating from countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Despite the apparent concern with “South Asians” in Hong Kong society in recent years, such as pushing for legislation against racial discrimination and initiating social and educational programmes to help these minorities to better integrate into Hong Kong society, attention to irreducible cultural differences constituting their heterogeneity is still largely lacking.
The thesis intends to take up the question of the South Asian minorities in the context of post-1997 Hong Kong. By looking at their everyday struggles in political, linguistic and cultural realms, the thesis tries to understand three key questions - first, how “South Asians” as a minority assert their political and democratic rights and practice their citizenship in the socio-political realm; second, how the cultural identities of ethnic minority children in their formative years are shaped by the tensions between the formal institutional schooling and language policies on the one hand, and traditions, religions, customs and bonding of neighborhood living in their communities on the other hand; third, how “South Asians” are portrayed as the other in the mainstream representation such as cinema and newspapers, despite the rising awareness against discrimination.
The thesis seeks to challenge the ways mainstream Hong Kong Chinese represent these minorities and critique the deep cultural bias of racism and discrimination that prevent the fundamental opening up to the heterogeneity of the Other.
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Kanti, May. "The Experience of Asian Americans Caring for Elderly Parents." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/48419.
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This qualitative study sought to examine the experience of Asian Americans who provide housing and financial support for first-generation biological Asian parents aged 65 and older. Semi-structured interviews regarding how participants came to take care of their parents, the impact it had on close relationships and participants' plans, the impact of cultural background on taking care of their parents, and the positive aspects of caring for their parents were conducted with eight second-generation adult Asians in the U.S. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis and themes were organized around the areas of inquiry. Participants spoke about fulfilling caregiving responsibilities out of love and obligation; the positive and negative impact of caregiving on relationships with parents, siblings, and significant others; the challenges associated with their own decreased independence and the difficulty of seeing parents age; the benefits of the instrumental support that they received from parents and closer grandparent-grandchild relationships; impact on financial and housing plans; and the expectation of non-financial care from their children. Despite living in an individualistic society, participants appeared to endorse values of filial piety by taking care of their parents. Further, the participants' hopes that their children would continue taking care of elderly family members in non-financial ways in the future suggests that while they maintain the cultural value of filial piety, it is being adapted to the reality of living in an individualistic society. Limitations, clinical implications, and directions for future research are discussed.Master of Science
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Park, Hijin. "Situating East Asians in Canadian race discourse." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22724.pdf.
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Qin, Xiaomei. "A comparison between media representation of Asian international students and their own accounts of experience in New Zealand a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the degree of Masters of Arts (Communication Studies) at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2003 /." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/QinX.pdf.
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Kaushik, Ratika. "Homing diaspora/diasporizing home : locating South Asian diasporic literature and film." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/73136/.
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This thesis contains a detailed study of contemporary South Asian diasporic literary and cinematic works in English. The majority of the works analyzed and discussed are those produced from the 1980s onwards. My research investigates how selected diasporic texts and films from South Asia problematize representations of homeland and host spaces. I reveal in the course of this study, how these works, actively negotiate alternative modalities of belonging that celebrate the plurality of cultural identities within and outside the homeland. This exploration of diasporic narratives of homeland and host land is explored by examining these narratives across two mediums: the cinematic and the literary. In so doing, the thesis initiates a dialogue between the two mediums and locates these selected diasporic works within a larger tapestry of contemporary cultural, literary and global contexts. The thesis shows that these literary and filmic representations celebrate as well as present an incisive critique of the different cultural spaces they inhabit. The thesis also reveals how, in representing the experiences of multiple-linguistic, geographical, historical dislocations, these texts invite readers to see the changing faces of diasporic cultures and identities. My thesis complements this analysis of representation with a broader analysis of the reception of these diasporic works. My analysis sets out to move away from the critical tendency to scrutinize texts in relation to a politicized rhetoric of reception which privileges a reading of texts through insider/outsider binarism, by drawing together and contrasting academic and popular responses in the reception of diasporic texts. In so doing, my thesis reads these texts as agents of cultural production, focusing on interpretative possibilities of the literary critical mode of reading and enabling nuanced modes of analysis attentive to issues of diasporic identity, the identity of nation-states and the emergent global dynamics of migrant narratives. The texts I analyze are Salman Rushdie‘s Midnight's Children (1981) and The Satanic Verses (1988), Micheal Ondaatje‘s Running in the Family (1982) and Anil's Ghost (2000), Rohinton Mistry‘s A Fine Balance (1995), Mohsin Hamid‘s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), and Hanif Kureishi‘s The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) and as well as two filmic texts, Mira Nair‘s The Namesake (2007) and Gurinder Chadha‘s Bend It Like Beckham (2001).
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Randhawa, Gurch. "Renal transplantation among South Asians in the UK." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/313929.
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This work represents a significant contribution to the body of knowledge in the area of renal transplantation as it brings together the research related to policy analysis, empirical research, and cultural and religious issues related to organ donation and transplantation among South Asians in the UK. The candidate's work in this area is the first in the UK to systematically document and map a national picture of kidney transplant waiting lists and to identify and examine the complex reasons underlying how and why patient ethnicity impacts upon the likelihood of receiving a kidney transplant. The candidate has also developed a new evidence-base exploring the adequacies of the existing procurement arrangements and the implications of introducing any alternative policies within the context of a multi-ethnic and multifaith UK. Finally, the candidate's work has focused on developing an evidence-base of the public perceptions, attitudes, and religious viewpoints towards organ donation and transplantation among a cross-section ofthe South Asian population. The candidate's published works have been the foundation blocks for stimulating and informing the debate on the provision of renal transplant services for minority ethnic groups through the generation of an empirical evidence-base in a subject area which has traditionally relied upon anecdotal evidence. The evidence-base illuminates a very complex issue which has multi-faceted solutions that need to be addressed in different settings.
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Haycock, Philip Charles. "Lipoprotein(a) and myocardial infarction in South Asians." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607890.
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Ko, Yuni Jeongyun. "Catching up with "New Asia" and its diasporas transnational representations and imaginations /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.
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Kim, Eun Hee. "Asian graduate students as skilled labor force serving Empire: A postcolonial analysis of the model minority stereotype shaped and ingrained through transnational experiences." Diss., Kansas State University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38753.
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Doctor of PhilosophyCurriculum and Instruction Programs
Kay Ann Taylor
It has been 50 years since the notion of the model minority was first used to describe Asian Americans in the United States (Petersen, 1966). In the past decade, there has been substantial scholarly growth in the model minority research, and researchers have identified racism hidden behind the notion. However, previous research has mainly addressed the model minority stereotype in the regional context with similar research topics that produce similar findings, which requires a new research paradigm to be established. To meet this theoretical and contextual need, this study locates the model minority discourse in postcolonialism, especially in the context of Empire as global sovereign power with no concrete form, viewing the model minority stereotype as Empire’s controlling strategy that ethnicizes all Asians on the globe into its “global capitalist hierarchy” (Hardt & Negri, 2000). Empirically, this study examines how the model minority stereotype is shaped, developed, and ingrained in the transnational experience of Asian international graduate students who pursue careers in the United States after their degree completion as a bridge to their future. Findings from participants’ narratives show that they became aware of their Asianness through their transnational experience and gradually embraced the hardworking image of Asians through repeated environmental and interactional input of the image. Participants also expected higher economic and social status in their home countries as a result of their degrees and work experience obtained in the United States, with Orientalist values people in their home countries attach to their U.S.-earned credentials. Asian intellectuals educated in the West, represented by the United States, serve Empire’s capitalist maintenance and expansion as a transnational workforce while seeking their self-interest and transnational competitiveness. This raises an interdisciplinary and intersectional need to empower higher education to be critically aware of the current context of Empire and globalization.
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Mahmood, Humera. "South Asians' perspectives on therapy utilization, an exploratory study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq24485.pdf.
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Warusawithana, Kulatilake Samanti Dineshkumari. "Cranial diversity and the evolutionary history of South Asians." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406922.
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McKeigue, Paul Matthew. "Epidemiology of coronary heart disease in Asians in Britain." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1990. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1350028/.
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In countries where people of South Asian origin have settled, unexpectedly high coronary heart disease rates have been recorded in South Asian men and women compared with other ethnic groups. In England high CHD mortality is shared by Gujarati Hindus, Punjabi Sikhs and Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The high CHD rates in these populations are unexplained by levels of smoking, blood pressure, plasma cholesterol or dietary fat intake. To test whether disturbances of haemostatic activity, lipoprotein metabolism or carbohydrate metabolism might underlie the high CHD mortality in South Asians, a population study in east London was undertaken. The results confirmed that the high CHD rates in South Asians compared with the native British population cannot be explained by differences in the distributions of blood pressure or plasma cholesterol. The hypothesis of a disturbance of haemostatic activity was not supported. A pattern of low plasma HDL cholesterol and high triglyceride levels, high serum insulin levels after a glucose load and high prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes was identified in CD Bangladeshis. On the basis of these findings and a review of other recent work it is suggested that: (i) insulin resistance underlies these disturbances of lipoprotein and carbohydrate metabolism in Bangladeshis; (ii) this tendency to insulin resistance is a general pattern in South Asian populations overseas; and (iii) it is a possible underlying mechanism for the high rates of both CHD and diabetes in these populations. The planning of a large study to test this is described. Preliminary results confirm that a syndrome of metabolic disturbances related to insulin resistance, first identified in Bangladeshis, is present also in Gujaratis and Punjabis. This is associated with a striking tendency to central obesity in South Asians. These findings point to the aetiological role of insulin resistance in CHD and suggest possible strategies for prevention in South Asian communities.
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Chopra, Parvesh Kumar. "Poverty in an ethnic community : Asians in West Yorkshire." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424053.
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Mistry, Tina. "South Asians in the United Kingdom and specialist services." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/49318/.
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Chapter one is a literature review of the psychosocial factors which influence alcohol use in British South Asian men. Critical analysis of fourteen research articles revealed differences between first and second-generation South Asian men. The influence of religion, parental beliefs and acculturation were reported within the literature to affect alcohol use. The literature highlighted the issue of stigma and lack of awareness of services as barriers for treatment seeking. Additionally, the effect of religious and cultural beliefs of alcohol use may also discourage support from services. Chapter two investigated the experiences of British South Asian women who accessed psychological treatment within a cancer service using in-depth semistructured interviews. Key informants participated in focus groups to gain experiences of staff who had worked with South Asian communities. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the findings elicited themes which illustrated that the South Asian women held pre-existing beliefs about psychological services. They also described their psychological journey of cancer treatment and the impact on their family, friends and differences between generations was reported. Analysis of the key informants' focus group data highlighted the theme of challenges faced by the South Asian patients and the staff. This article provided evidence for better education and awareness for South Asian communities and staff. Chapter three is a reflective article on the process of conducting the empirical research. The article addressed the reasons that influenced the researcher to conduct the study. Issues that had arisen were of the effect of 'sameness and difference' between the researcher and participants and the impact of qualitative research methodology and empowerment. A reflection of the impact from the interview accounts was also discussed.
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Venkataraman, Hema. "Ethnic differences in gestational diabetes : impact on South Asians." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/80229/.
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Background: GDM is a state of glucose intolerance first diagnosed in pregnancy. It is a pre-diabetes state, predisposing both the mother and offspring to future risk of diabetes. GDM is associated with increased risk to macrosomia, adiposity, Caesarean Section (CS) delivery, shoulder dystocia, and neonatal hypoglycaemia. SA have a greater than two fold risk of both GDM and future diabetes risk compared to WC. However, despite having higher levels of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy, SA babies are amongst the smallest babies in the world. The mechanism behind this increased glycaemic risk in SA is complex, multifactorial and unclear. Disordered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) has been linked to adult diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome in WC but has not been studied in SA. The current management of GDM is largely based on evidence from studies in WC and has been extrapolated to other ethnic groups such as SA. This includes: diagnostic criteria to define GDM, postnatal screening methods for postpartum glucose abnormalities, effect of GDM on offspring birth weight (BW) and fetal growth in GDM. Through this research we aim to explore the ethnic differences between SA and WC in the applicability of diagnostic criteria, post partum screening methods, effect of GDM on BW, fetal growth patterns in GDM and also examine ethnic differences in HPA activity as a potential mechanism underlying the increased glycaemic risk in SA in pregnancy. Methods: i. Retrospective analysis of a routinely collected multicentre data (n=14477) over a 3-year period was used to study the applicability of various GDM diagnostic criteria and post partum screening methods. A subgroup analysis of the above data set was used to compare fetal growth between SA and WC (177 WC and 160 SA). ii. A retrospective analysis of a large birth weight cohort (n=53,128) from Leicestershire between 1994 and 2006 was used to compare the effect of maternal diabetes and GDM on BW in SA and WC. iii. To examine fetal growth in SA, a retrospective case control analysis of serial fetal biometry was performed between GDM and control population from India. (178 controls and 153 GDM) iv. To explore underlying HPA dysfunction as a potential mechanism for increased glycemia in SA and ethnic differences in HPA behaviour a prospective cohort study comprising of high risk pregnant SA and WC women was performed. Diurnal salivary and urinary cortisol excretion was studied in relation to glycaemia in SA and WC (n=100, 50 SA, 50WC) Results: i. The newer IADPSG detects obese women with mild fasting hyperglycaemia. The benefits of treatment of hyperglycemia are not well established. The increase in detection rates of GDM with the new NICE and IADPSG criteria were uniform across ethnic groups in a selectively screened population. ii. Postnatal screening with oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is associated with poor uptake in all ethnic groups, which improves substantially with using HbA1c. SA were more likely to attend postnatal screening with HbA1c compared to WC. Screening for postnatal diabetes using FPG is more likely to miss women of non-WC ethnicity owing to the larger proportion of post-load glucose abnormalities. iii. The BW increase associated with maternal diabetes was lower in SA by 139g compared to WC. iv. Important ethnic differences in fetal growth were noted. SA fetuses had overall smaller measures of head and abdomen circumferences, but with disproportionately smaller abdominal circumference compared to WC, signifying early evidence of a head sparing growth restricted pattern. v. SA fetuses of GDM mothers showed early evidence of increased abdominal adiposity at 20 weeks with smaller measures of other fat free mass and skeletal growth compared to non-GDM controls vi. SA had higher cortisol awakening responses compared to WC. First trimester waking cortisol was an independent predictor of glycaemia in the third trimester. Despite significantly lower BMI, SA had similar glucocorticoid (GC) excretion to WC. Urinary GC excretion was independently predicted by maternal adiposity and not BMI in SA. Conclusion: This research addresses important gaps in the literature in gestational diabetes in SA. There are important ethnic differences in the impact of maternal diabetes and gestational diabetes on BW and fetal growth, and evidence of early increase in adiposity at the expense of lean body mass in SA. This research provides novel evidence to support the argument for ethnicity tailored management of GDM. Our research also provides novel evidence for disordered HPA activity as a possible mechanism for the increased glycemic risk in SA. Larger randomized prospective studies incorporating offspring outcomes in relation to HPA are needed.
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Shaheen, Shabana. "The Identity Formation of South Asians: A Phenomenological Study." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5042.
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This research explores the lived experiences of South Asians college students. This research, through a qualitative study that is rooted in the philosophy of phenomenology, explores the essence South Asians’ identity formation. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews with South Asian college students. The data analysis was under a phenomenological lens that centered the lived experiences and the essence of these experiences in the results. Seven themes emerged from this phenomenological study: negotiating bicultural identity, model minority expectations, meaningful impact of religious spaces, understandings of intra-community tensions, racialization of Islamophobia, understandings of South Asian identity and efficacy of Asian American identity. This study’s findings provide a foundation to build a more expansive framework for understanding the identity formation of South Asians.
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Munib, Ahmed Mujibur Rahman. "The effects of immigration and resettlement on the mental health of South-Asian communities in Melbourne /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/0002323.
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Chawdhury, Valentina. "HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG SOUTH ASIANS: IS FOOD INSECURITY THE MISSING LINK?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/900.
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Objective: Food insecurity among South Asians in the US is a public health issue. Food insecure adults face a plethora of adverse outcomes and research shows that individuals with ancestral origins from South Asia have a higher susceptibility rate for cardiovascular disease after migrating to urban environments. As such, the goal of this study was to research possible barriers South Asians face when creating cultural dishes in the US.
Methods: This was a convergent parallel mixed-methods analysis to understand how South Asians feel about food insecurity. Pricing and availability of cultural food items were obtained from South Asian and Western grocery stores. Focus groups were conducted among twelve participants who identified as South Asian immigrants where participants discussed their experiences obtaining cultural food items. After the interviews, the discussions were transcribed, and patterns were identified and analyzed.
Results: The results of the study demonstrate that South Asians find barriers such as availability, price, and quality when shopping for cultural food items. Participants reported cooking cultural foods at a lower frequency than what they would prefer because while many of the food items commonly used in cultural dishes were available at both Western and South Asian grocery stores, South Asian stores were more expensive. Furthermore, participants reported that some culturally specific ingredients were not available at South Asian stores thus further limiting their ability to cook healthy items.
Conclusion: The results of the study highlight the need for more public health initiative to address food insecurity among South Asians in the US.
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Carrillo, Martín Rubén. "Asians to New Spain. Asian cultural and migratory flows in Mexico in the early stages of "globalization" (1565-1816)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/380545.
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La tesi explica l'origen i establiment de la primera diàspora asiàtica permanent en el continent americà. Entre 10.000 i 20.000 persones procedents de diverses regions de l'àmbit del sud, sud-est i est d'Àsia van arribar al virregnat de la Nova Espanya a partir de l'establiment de la ruta comercial entre Acapulco i Manila, coneguda com el galió de Manila, a 1573. L'argument central que es presenta és que aquests homes i dones, coneguts en el Mèxic colonial amb el nom genèric de 'chinos', van incidir de manera notable en la societat novohispana i van desenvolupar estratègies per sobreviure i créixer en el complex entramat social de la colònia. Documentalment la tesi contribueix al coneixement d'aquesta diàspora en incorporar fonts baptismals de la ciutat de Mèxic, presentar un exhaustiu corpus de fonts que informen del cas inèdit de la ciutat de Puebla i avaluar la ressonància d'aquest grup i del galió de Manila a les lletres novohispanes.La tesis explica el origen y establecimiento de la primera diáspora asiática permanente en el continente americano. Entre 10.000 y 20.000 personas procedentes de diversas regiones del ámbito del sur, sureste y este de Asia llegaron al virreinato de la Nueva España a partir del establecimiento de la ruta comercial entre Acapulco y Manila, conocida como el galeón de Manila, en 1573. El argumento central que se presenta es que estos hombres y mujeres, conocidos en el México colonial con el nombre genérico de 'chinos', incidieron de manera notable en la sociedad novohispana y desarrollaron estrategias para sobrevivir y medrar en el complejo entramado social de la colonia. Documentalmente la tesis contribuye al conocimiento de esta diáspora al incorporar fuentes bautismales de la ciudad de México, presentar un exhaustivo corpus de fuentes que informan del caso inédito de la ciudad de Puebla y evaluar la resonancia de este grupo y del galeón de Manila en las letras novohispanas.
This thesis explains the origin and establishment of the first permanent Asian diaspora in the Americas. Between 10,000 and 20,000 individuals hailing from various places in South, South East and East Asia arrived to the viceroyalty of New Spain after the establishment of the trade route between Acapulco and Manila, known as the Manila Galleon, in 1573. The chief argument presented is that these men and women, labeled in colonial Mexico with the generic term chino, had a considerable impact in New Spanish society and developed strategies to survive and thrive in the complex social structure of the colony. In terms of sources, the thesis contributes to the knowledge of this diaspora by incorporating baptismal sources from Mexico City, presenting an exhaustive corpus that outlines the previously unstudied case of the city of Puebla, and by assessing the repercussion of this group and the Manila Galleon in New Spanish literature.
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Fan, Lillian Patricia. "Re(media)l portrayals representations of sexuality and race in contemporary United States media /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.
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Naylor, Karen. "University educated Asians in Bradford : career aspirations and spatial mobility /." Leeds : University of Leeds, 2006. http://0-www.leeds.ac.uk.wam.leeds.ac.uk/library/secure/counter/geogbsc/200506/naylor.pdf.
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Pande, Raksha. "Wedding to tradition? : Arranged Marriages and South Asians in Britain." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519561.
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Dimeo, Paul Marshall. "Racism, football and cultural difference : the experience of Scottish Asians." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2000. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21356.
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The existence and influence of racism in Scottish society has largely been ignored, while claims that there is 'no racism here' have persisted. The social field of football has distinct properties but is not exempt from the processes and structures of wider social life. Racism has often been misrepresented as only existing in extreme forms. However, the subtle and complex expressions of contemporary racism are more prevalent, but receive far less recognition and criticism. This thesis is specifically concerned with the experiences of Scottish Asian ethnic minorities whose presence in elite football has been negligible. The racism which confronts this group is not independent of the racism faced by Irish-Scots and black people in Scotland. A further prejudice which interacts with these is anti-Englishness. Thus, not only does racism take various forms, but it has various targets. Analysing racism requires a sophisticated approach sensitive to the many forms which racism takes, and the different locations in which it is expressed. Furthermore, it requires awareness of the myths which have historically accompanied racist prejudice. The first section of this thesis addresses two specific myths: that South Asians do not play football; and that Scottish football is free of racism. The type of racism which emerged in both South Asian and Scottish football is detailed and analysed. The second section critically evaluates contemporary issues of Scottish Asian inclusion in football, and considers closely the types of subtle and implicit variants of racism which are evident in Scottish society. The third and final section offers a cultural description of Scottish Asian football culture, describing localised processes of resistance, while critically challenging essentialistic accounts of ethnicity. Football, in short, is a place where power is negotiated in Scottish society. Racism is prevalent in various guises, yet it is rarely acknowledged, and its more implicit guises require subtle and sustained analytical criticism.
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Aarabi, Mohsen. "Risk stratification of coronary heart disease in UK South Asians." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2007. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6084/.
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It is clear that South Asians living in the West have substantially greater relative (coronary heart disease) CHD mortality and morbidity than the general population. Despite this current risk functions based on classical risk factors alone underestimate risk in non-diabetic South Asians. After reviewing the available literature for longitudinal studies exploring the relationship between South Asian ethnicity, as an independent factor, and CHD an adjustment factor suitable for use with the paper- based risk prediction functions was derived. The exploration of possible explanations for the excess risk identified dysglycaemia as one possible explain. Adding 10 years to age, although crude and based on the single prospective study, provides adequate sensitivity and specificity to take into account an "ethnicity factor" accounting for average excess risk in individual UK South Asians. Using this adjustment it was shown that more South Asian men and women, living in the UK, are candidates to receive lipid-lowering therapy for primary and secondary prevention than their Caucasian counterparts. Although the evidence base for a CVD risk estimation procedure in South Asians is slight it is better that they have their risk estimated, albeit with less precision, than be excluded. The present work provides a properly researched evidence base. Moreover, it provides its own very simple, but 1. practice acceptable, adjustment for currently used paper risk estimation tools. Acceptance of ant1hypertensives as a primary prevention treatment was looked at in the South Asians community. South Asians are at least equally accepting of treatment as Caucasians when given information about the personal impact of CVD and the effect and tolerability of antihypertensive treatment. With South Asians having a greater need and at least equal acceptance of preventive therapy, they should receive more such treatment. Current evidence suggests that this is not the case and targeted intervention may be needed. Further research is still required in many areas such as risk factors, risk estimation and recalibration, lifestyle intervention, and efficacy of preventive drug therapy in ethnic minorities. Because this population is at high risk, the benefits of appropriate research will also be high.
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Lakhani, Sadaf S. "Integration/exclusion? : young British Asians and the politics of ethnicity." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/integrationexclusion--young-british-asians-and-the-politics-of-ethnicity(d4014445-3a94-4b0d-94ce-cbd26c0404f4).html.
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Davis, D. "Lifestyle self-management experiences of South Asians post myocardial infarction." Thesis, University of Salford, 2018. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/45107/.
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Background: Coronary heart disease is the biggest killer in this country. South Asians carry the burden of increased incidence and prevalence and have poorer outcomes after a MI than the general UK population. Reviews have shown lifestyle modification including physical activity, healthy diet and smoking cessation, alters the course of heart disease and reduces recurrences crystallising its significance as a cost-effective public health strategy to reduce the rising burden of this disease. There are lacunae of knowledge as to what constitutes to guarantee a therapeutic lifestyle modification for better health outcomes in the South Asian community. Aim: To explore the self-management experience of South Asians after a heart attack. Method: Pioneering of its kind, this study used a grounded theory approach to elucidate how South Asians navigate these lifestyle changes. Two phase interviews at 2 weeks and 8 weeks of discharge, were conducted with 14 participants who were newly diagnosed with heart attack - from 2015 to July 2016. Results: Theoretical categories were developed through constant comparison and theoretical sampling – these were 'patronage of the family, affinity towards one's group and conforming to the religious and health (causal) beliefs'. Discussion: By providing a unique insight that choosing and prioritising lifestyle style changes is not an 'individual act', but a 'shared act', a case for 'shared efficacy' is made. The concept of 'shared efficacy' as an essential strategy to enhance an individual’s ability to make meaningful choice, is showcased. The novel presentation of making and maintaining lifestyle choices as a 'conflict resolution strategy' with the aim of 'maintaining harmony' among South Asians calls for a ‘harmony model’ to deal with diagnosis of heart attack and subsequent lifestyle changes. This proposed harmony model homes in on a family centred approach, where there is an 'awareness' of the family's needs, an 'appreciation' of the cardiac patient’s religious and causal beliefs as well as an 'acknowledgement' of their cultural priorities, in self-management programmes. 'Conclusion:' Migrant South Asians across the globe have an increased propensity to this disease. The findings contribute to the development of supporting negotiating strategies by capturing concepts that crystallise the significance of lifestyle self-management. To alleviate the burden, there is a need for ethno-sensitivity rather than an ethnocentricity in the delivery of services. This calls for a move from cultural competence to cultural intelligence.
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Heydon, Emma Elizabeth. "Telomere length and cardiovascular disease risk factors in South Asians." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708496.
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Bhatnagar, Prachi. "Intergenerational differences in the physical activity of UK South Asians." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:215410f0-edc8-4abf-ac63-148e04a81594.
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This thesis examines intergenerational change in prevalence of and attitudes to physical activity by comparing first and second-generation South Asians in Britain. British South Asians have poorer health outcomes including a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes than White British people. Physical inactivity is one of the risk factors for CVD and diabetes. Physical activity levels are lower among British South Asians than the White British population, for reasons that include cultural factors related to being South Asian, the low socioeconomic status of some South Asian groups, and living in deprived neighbourhoods. However, existing literature on physical activity levels does not clearly distinguish between first and second-generations. Understanding generational differences in the influences on physical activity among South Asians is important for developing appropriate interventions. First, I review the existing quantitative and qualitative literature on physical activity in second-generation South Asians. There is some evidence that second-generation South Asians are more physically active than the first-generation. Despite this, second-generation South Asians remain less active than White British people. Neither the quantitative nor the qualitative literature has adequately explored the reasons for these findings. I then use data from the Health Survey for England to explore the ways that adult Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are physically active. When analysed by age and sex, all South Asians and the White British group were physically active in different ways to each other. However, there was little difference between younger Indians and younger White British people in the contribution of walking to total activity. Finally, I present a qualitative analysis of how ethnicity influences physical activity in second-generation South Asians. I interviewed 28 Indian women living in Manchester, England. I found that a British schooling and messages from the media had strongly influenced second-generation Indian women's attitudes to physical activity. Consequently, their motivations and barriers to physical activity were generally very similar to those reported for White British women. Second-generation Indian women had mostly adopted Western gender roles, with Indian gender expectations having a limited impact on their physical activity. In contrast, the traditional roles of Indian women constrained the leisure-time physical activity of the first-generation Indian women. There was no generational difference in how the local neighbourhood influenced physical activity. This thesis demonstrates clear differences in physical activity prevalence and attitudes between first and second-generation South Asian women in the UK. Interventions aimed at improving local environments for physical activity are likely to help all people living in deprived areas, regardless of ethnic background. Changing generic Western social norms around femininity and being physically active may be more important than tailored interventions for second-generation Indian women.
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Chang, Ching-Wen. "Factors Affecting Mental Health Service Utilization Among Latinos and Asians." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428066232.
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Kung, Kevin Hsiang-Hsing. "Correlates of Depression in Elderly Asians in the United States." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2013. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc407809/.
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The primary purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between depression and the personal characteristics of Asians who are 50 years or older. The secondary objective was to determine whether Asians 50 years or older living in the United States are more likely to be depressed than other ethnicities. The information for this study was secured from the National Health Interview Survey, spanning the years 2001 to 2010. In this study, I utilized the SAS-Callable SUDAAN statistical system. Multivariate regression was used to predict and determine significant correlations. The results indicated that Asians 50 and older living in the U.S. and who experience functional limitations, poor vision, hypertension, poor health, not married, and unemployed in previous year were in general more prone to depression. Furthermore, the study indicated that Asian elderly living the U.S. showed lower rates of depression than all non- Asian ethnicities. However when controlled for personal characteristics only Whites and Hispanics had higher depression incidences than Asian elderly. Recommendations for future studies include: conducting more micro and macro studies of Asian elders, such as in-depth case studies for each ethnicity, longitudinal studies of various Asian subgroups, and studies of Asian elderly with hypertension who have committed suicide.
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Khan, Mohammed. "The genetic susceptibility of South Asians to inflammatory bowel disease." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-genetic-susceptibility-of-south-asians-to-inflammatory-bowel-disease(cbf0a01e-16ac-460b-af7a-6a100948a5d3).html.
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The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic conditions of the intestinal tract, divided into two main subtypes Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The exact pathogenesis is unclear but the current paradigm is thought to be an aberrant immune response in a genetically susceptible individual. The incidence and prevalence of IBD has traditionally been higher in North America, Europe, Australia and Israel compared to other regions of the world including China, Japan, India and Korea. More recently there is evidence of an increase in immigrant populations. Studies have also suggested that the clinical characteristics differ across ethnic groups. This has been mirrored by genetic studies that suggest different genetic susceptibilities between groups. A systematic review was performed to define the relevance of gene variants to IBD in a South Asian population. This found that few studies (n=6) have genotyped susceptibility variants in the South Asian population. The majority of these studies examined three common polymorphisms (R702W, G908R, 1007fs) in NOD2/CARD15 in Caucasians and have determined that these are absent in South Asians. The first hypothesis of this study was that clinical characteristics and mucosal distribution differed in South Asians compared with White British in the North of England. A total of 1318 individuals (314 South Asians) with a diagnosis of IBD were recruited. In the South Asian cohort 59% had a diagnosis of UC, 41% CD. In contrast the Caucasian cohort 56% had CD and 44% had UC. South Asians had twice the rate of extensive colitis compared to White British cohort (46% SA vs. 24% White British) and a younger age of diagnosis (30 years vs. 40 years). In the CD cohort South Asians were twice as likely to have colonic disease than White British (54% vs. 20%). Also they had a younger age of onset and were less likely to need surgery for CD.The second hypothesis was that common variants in the same genes described in Caucasian IBD were relevant in South Asians. 13 known SNPs from GWA Studies robustly associated with IBD in Caucasian cohorts were sequenced in South Asians IBD cohort (n=255) and unrelated ethnically matched controls (n=275) to determine if they were relevant to IBD in South Asians. These were genotyped by Sequenom MassArray and no significant associations were discovered. The final hypothesis was that rare highly penetrant variants underlie a group of IBD in consanguineous families in South Asian IBD. A consanguineous family in which the proband had inflammatory colitis diagnosed at 18 months of age was recruited. No disease causing mutations were present in IL10RA, IL10RB and ADAM17. DNA from other family members was used to perform autozygosity mapping of the proband and family. Exome sequence analysis identified 6099 variants in autozygous regions. Further analysis focused on three novel variants. One variant (PPP1R3G) was considered a likely candidate and Sanger sequencing was performed which confirmed it was homozygous in the proband, but it did not segregate in the family and so unlikely to underlie IBD in this individual. In summary this thesis has shown that few genetic studies have been done in South Asian IBD. Also there are significant differences in the clinical characteristics and mucosal distribution between groups and that 13 SNPs associated with IBD in Caucasians were not replicated in the South Asian IBD cohort. Finally autozygosity mapping and exome sequencing has not been successful in identifying a rare novel variant responsible for IBD in the consanguineous family but work is continuing.
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Kulkarni, Veena S. "Asians in the United States labor market 'winners' or 'losers' ? /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8581.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Sociology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Sankhla, Deepak. "British attitudes towards sexuality of men and women with learning disabilities : a comparison between white westerners and South Asians." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2014. http://digirep.rhul.ac.uk/items/63311b0e-a49e-ea4b-f6e7-7fa5e22295b4/1/.
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This study aimed to investigate public attitudes towards the sexuality of people with learning disabilities within a UK residing sample, and compare such attitudes between people from White Western and South Asian backgrounds. A mixed-method approach using an online questionnaire was employed. Three-hundred and thirty-one UK residing adults were recruited. Participants provided demographic details, completed five attitudes towards sexuality scales, in addition to measures of recognition and prior contact of a person with a mild learning disability. One of the sexual attitudes scales measured attitudes towards sexual openness in the typically developing men or women. The other four measured attitudes towards the sexuality of men or women with learning disabilities. These included four different aspects of sexuality (sexual rights, non-reproductive sexual behaviour, parenting and self-control). Participants completed either a male or female version of these scales. One open-ended question that asked about the sexuality of either men or women with learning disabilities was also included and responses to this question were analysed via a thematic analysis. Mean scores indicated that compared to White Westerners, South Asians had significantly more negative attitudes towards the sexual openness of men and women in the developing population and also towards the sexual rights of men and women with learning disabilities. Recognition was found to be poor in both ethnic groups, although White Westerners were found to be significantly more likely to be able to recognise mild learning disabilities compared to South Asians. These findings implicate the need to develop culturally sensitive interventions in improving knowledge and awareness of learning disabilities in addition to being aware of the differences in attitudes towards the sexuality of people with learning disabilities that may exist between different ethnic groups. These implications, the limitations of the study and suggested directions for future research are discussed.
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Sainsbury, Sondra C. "The silent presence Asian female domestic workers and Cyprus in the new Europe /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2009.
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Kennedy, Ellen Jane. "No Asians allowed : the 'white Australia' and 'white Canada' immigration policies /." ON-CAMPUS Access For University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Click on "Connect to Digital Dissertations", 2000. http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/proquest.phtml.
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Ainley, Beulah Rosemarie Amy. "Blacks and Asians in the British media : a study of discrimination." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/7195.
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Herzig, Pascale. "South Asians in Kenya gender, generation and changing identities in diaspora." Münster Lit, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2902101&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Mirza, Dr Ilyas Qayyum. "Substance use in South Asians with schizophrenia : a mixed methods study." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.515516.
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Jain, Piyush. "Prevalence of sub clinical atherosclerosis among UK South Asians and Europeans." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/25743.
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Background: South Asians demonstrate high coronary heart disease mortality, largely unexplained by conventional risk factors and unidentified by risk stratification tools. Developments in technology allow us to visualize coronary atherosclerosis non-invasively, thus providing the potential to identify presence of coronary atherosclerosis before it manifests clinically. Coronary artery calcification is closely correlated with total plaque burden and provides an assessment of coronary plaque burden. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy provides an estimate of myocardial blood flow and thus, severity of coronary artery disease. Increased coronary artery calcification and silent myocardial ischemia predict future risk of coronary heart disease mortality, independent of conventional factors. Inflammation is a key factor in initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. High sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) is an important marker of active inflammation and is considered an independent predictor of future cardiovascular events. Thus, markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and inflammation could provide us with a tool for early identification of South Asians at risk of coronary events, unidentified by traditional means. However, majority of the data for such markers is from North American and European populations, with no data evaluating the role of coronary artery calcification, myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and CRP in assessing the coronary heart disease risk in South Asians. Methods and Results: I carried out assessments including coronary artery calcium, myocardial perfusion imaging and assessment of high sensitivity C-reactive protein for a cohort of asymptomatic South Asians and Europeans men and women, aged 35 to 75 years, who were part of the London Life Sciences Population (LOLIPOP) study. I found that: 1) Coronary artery calcification scores were closely associated with age, male gender, cigarette smoking, hypertension, systolic blood pressure, diabetes and total cholesterol. 2) There were no differences in either coronary artery calcification prevalence or mean levels of coronary artery calcification between South Asians and Europeans, after adjustment for the measured cardiovascular risk factors. 3) Presence of diabetes and increasing coronary artery calcification were independent predictors for silent myocardial ischemia. 4) South Asian ethnicity did not influence the prevalence or the extent of silent myocardial ischemia, after adjustment for conventional risk factors. 5) C-reactive protein levels did not correlate with measures of plaque burden. 5) South Asian ethnicity was an independent predictor of inflammation as seen by levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein. This effect was independent of, and remained significant after adjusting for conventional cardiovascular risk factors and novel factors linked to inflammation such as diabetes and indices of abdominal obesity. Conclusions: While traditional risk factor correlate well with markers of atherosclerosis, the higher coronary heart disease risk and mortality observed in South Asians is not identified by markers of atherosclerotic burden such as coronary artery calcification and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. South Asians have elevated levels of inflammation as seen by high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels. C-reactive protein levels are not correlated with coronary artery calcium or myocardial ischemia measured by myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. These findings suggest a role of factors such as systemic and plaque inflammation, unrelated to and unmeasured by plaque burden assessment in the higher coronary heart disease mortality observed among South Asians. The study therefore suggests a role of potential risk stratification tools reflecting the multisystem nature of CHD. These could be a combination of clinical risk factors contributing towards CHD, imaging of atherosclerotic plaque and assessment of plaque or systemic inflammation.
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Naz, Noreen. "British South Asians who hear voices : a narrative analysis of understanding." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/33552.
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Part One: Literature Review: Introduction: The systematic literature review explored the conceptual models used by South Asian women in making sense of their experiences of depression. Method: A systematic search of five databases generated a total of ten qualitative papers to be included in this review. Results: A total of four themes emerged in explaining beliefs about depression. These were; a) Inter-Generational Identity and Conflict, b) Marital Abuse and Adjustment, c) Somatisation and Medical Treatment and d) Distress as Part of Gods Plan. Many of the themes were shared by South Asian women living in South Asia and those living in the West. Discussion: There is evidence to suggest that South Asian women are not averse to receiving support from mental health services but Western models of mental health are not inclusive of cultural factors resulting in isolation of these women from receiving appropriate and timely support for depression. Part Two: Research Report: Introduction: The aim of the current study was to explore the types of narratives held by South Asian individuals who hear voices. Method: A qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Seven South Asian participants who actively heard voices were interviewed. These were audio recorded, transcribed and analysed using Narrative Analysis with a particular focus on Frank’s narrative typologies. Results: Results demonstrated that individuals held a range of narratives in understanding their experiences of hearing voices. These included elements of Restitution, Chaos and Quest. Cultural stories enabled effective meaning making and created more opportunities for collaborative interventions inclusive of religious and spiritual strategies. The absence of cultural dimensions in stories increased conflict between mental health services and South Asian individuals. Discussion: Supporting individuals to explore cultural stories and facilitating these to be incorporated into existing biomedical frameworks is more likely to result in individuals moving towards restitution in their experiences of hearing voices. Part Three: Critical Appraisal: This chapter described the reflexive account of the researcher throughout the research project.
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Muszynski, Richard J. "ETHNIC ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS (ASIANS, EUROPEANS, HISPANICS)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291700.
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The Ethnic Mental Illness (EMI) Scale, a questionnaire to discriminate European and Hispanic attitudes toward mental illness, was developed. Fifty-one college students of Hispanic ethnicity and 194 college students of European ethnicity completed a 150 item questionnaire measuring attitudes toward mental illness. A cross-validation sample of 50 Hispanic students and 194 European students ethnicity yielded 15 items that reliably differentiated the two groups. Based upon content, the 15 items were grouped into six categories: hopefulness, trust, biological aspects of mental illness, childhood origins, finances, and sex differences. Items which did not discriminate Hispanics and Europeans are described, as these items are possible indicators of common attitudes toward mental illness. A group of 66 Asian students also participated in the study. The items which differentiate Asians from Hispanics and Europeans are described. These items were not cross-validated.
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Hiroe, Miki. "The 'Asianisation' of Australia : reality and rhetoric." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994.
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This thesis reviews the post-war Australia-Asia relationship, while investigating how and why Australia has come to try to identify itself as an
Asian country. In this context, it examines how the media represent Australia's role in the Asia-Pacific region and the process of the 'Asianisation' of Australia, particularly focusing on the role of newspaper
coverage. The Australia-Asia relationship has been problematic because of a particular history - in particular Australia's strong attachment to Europe.
In the midst of a movement of self-definition, Australia seems to have been
caught up with an identity crisis since realising it geographically belongs to Asia but mentally belongs to Europe. In this context, I examine the role of
the media in promoting awareness of Australia's place in Asia. I investigate the coverage of the 1993 APEC forum in The Asahi Shimbun (Japan), The New Straits Times (Malaysia), and The Australian (Australia) as case
studies for discursive analysis. I also conduct content analyses of these newspapers. This analysis reveals that the media exercise their hegemonic role in society through omission of alternative views and/or reproduction of preferred versions of Australia's role in Asia, particularly through the process of Asianisation. It also shows that the cultural perceptions of Australia held by Japan and Malaysia, as revealed in the focus newspapers, differ considerably from those which predominate in Australia.
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Bhatti, Ghazala. "Asian children at home and at school : an ethnographic study." Thesis, n.p, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Forbes, Alison. "Sport, London 2012 & young British Asians : a sociological study of young British Asian sports participation, consumption and identity, post-London 2012." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/42774.
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This thesis explores the sporting interests and experiences of a small sample of young British Asians, drawn from two UK cities: Leicester and Wolverhampton. Framed in the immediate post-London 2012 period, the thesis focuses, broadly, on three key themes: sporting consumption practices pre- and post-2012; the construction of local, national and ethnic identities through sport; and participation opportunities for ‘doing’ sport for British Asians in these two different locations. Preparations for London 2012 included promises of a nationwide sporting legacy that would ‘inspire a generation’ of young people to get involved in local sporting activities and reconnect the UK’s diverse communities. However, British Asians representing Great Britain in Olympic sport remain an infrequent sight, despite the presence of large British Asian amateur sporting communities. Twenty-eight semistructured interviews were completed with a sample of young British Asian males and females to explore, within this context of elite-level underrepresentation, the local impact of the Games on the overall British Asian sporting experience. A central theme within this research was the generational shift apparent in the feelings of belonging to England and Britain, as citizens and sports fans. The alternative structure of competition in the Olympic Games promoted an inclusive national identity; one that celebrated difference and diversity and offered a way in to the national collective that is sometimes lacking in other contexts. However, my sample of young British Asians did not notice increased local opportunities to be physically active, and thus their participation habits remained stagnant. Despite initial positivity and increased feelings of belonging during the Games, London 2012 was not the transformative moment promised. Positive local effects were, at best, ephemeral.